The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and New Economics Foundation (nef) are launching a Fellowship Programme to bring new thinking to the challenges of applying economics to environment and development. The inaugural IIED-nef Fellowship prize will be awarded to an outstanding researcher through a competitive process .
The Fellowship will be full-time, for a duration of four months and the successful candidate will divide their time between IIED and nef. During this tenure, the Fellow will be expected to draw on and distil cutting edge theory and practice in their chosen area, facilitate a process of cross-fertilisation and learning between the two institutions, and formulate concrete proposals on directions for future research to make genuine progress in this vitally important area.
The Fellowship will culminate in a joint IIED-nef event, where key stakeholders will be invited to share in the results of this work, and contribute perspectives on the way ahead.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone to make a real contribution to both theory and practice: to both help frame the debate and chart the way forward, and to play a part in moving us from an unsustainable to a more sustainable economic system.
The application process
Our intention is to stimulate innovation and fresh-thinking. We invite proposals from interested and qualified researchers, setting out their understanding of the issues and clearly identifying the work they propose to pursue through the fellowship.
While we expect the successful candidate to have impressive academic credentials in economics, we will also be looking for the ability to bring insights from actual experience in government in designing and implementing public policy, or in the private sector in responding to and working to influence public policy, and/or from knowledge of other disciplines such as political science, sociology and psychology.
Reflecting the importance that we attach to this inaugural Fellowship award, the successful candidate will receive a bursary of up to £15,000 on successful completion of the four-month project.
Applications of not more than two sides of A4 and CVs to arrive no later than 1 March 2008
Please email iied-nef.fellowship@iied.org
Or by post to: Dr. Camilla Toulmin, Director, IIED, 3 Endsleigh St., London WC1H 0DD.
Shortlisted candidates will be required to submit a full proposal.
IIED is an international independent policy research organisation founded in 1971. IIED provides expertise and leadership in researching and achieving sustainable development at local, national, regional and global levels. In alliance with others we seek to help shape a future that ends global poverty and delivers and sustains efficient and equitable management of the world's natural resources. www.iied.org
nef is an independent ‘think-and-do’ tank that works to develop a new kind of economic understanding, integrating people's well-being with the well-being of the planet, in order to more effectively address the problems of sustainable development. nef staff have substantial experience in international finance and development, research management, programme and project design and management, debt, trade, policy formulation and dialogue, publicity and capacity building. www.neweconomics.org
